So far so good! I didn’t make it home Sunday for dinner so I am actually down to 2 dinners, 3 lunches (out of the office tomorrow) and 4 breakfasts. I know it doesn’t seem like that many meals and considering that I already have some of the ingredients for 1 of the dinners I do kind of feel like I’m cheating…

Anyway, the taster was a dear and actually went to the store for me since I was out of town (which also could have helped to only get the necessities) but the grand total was… $30.44!!! Yay!

My budget meal last night was a curried quinoa salad that was inspired by the Salad Girl dressings- Curry & Fig that I tried last week.

Salad:

– red inca quinoa

– garbanzo beans

– 1/2 chopped cucumber

– 1 chopped green pepper

– chopped red onions

Dressing:

– 2 Tbsp salad girl curry & fig dressing

– 2 Tbsp olive oil

– splash of hot sauce

– salt and pepper

Served over greens and an extra dose of hot sauce for me, it was perfect for a HOT, muggy, summer night!